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"aphorism":{
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"definitions":{
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": a concise statement of a principle":[],
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": a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : adage":[
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"the high-minded aphorism , \"Let us value the quality of life, not the quantity\""
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],
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": an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language":[
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"These are dazzling chapters, packed with perfectly chosen anecdotes and pithy with aphorism .",
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"\u2014 John Keegan"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Confronted by a broadminded, witty, and tolerant cosmopolitan, for whom the infinite varieties of human custom offered a source of inexhaustible fascination, Thucydides presented himself as a humorless nationalist, an intellectual given to political aphorisms and abstract generalizations. \u2014 Peter Green , New York Review of Books , 15 May 2008",
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"It doesn't take long to learn that a lie always unravels and that it always ends up making you feel royally cruddy. \"Do the kind of work during the day that allows you to sleep at night\" was an aphorism my grandfather was fond of. \u2014 Amy Krouse Rosenthal , Newsweek , 6 Mar. 2006",
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"The Sun twice went into journalism legend. Its city editor John Bogart is generally credited with the aphorism \"When a dog bites a man, that's not news. But when a man bites a dog, that's news.\" And the paper delivered America's most treasured editorial in 1897, when a young girl, whose playmates had told her there was no Santa Claus, wrote and asked the Sun to tell her the truth. \u2014 Peter Andrews , American Heritage , October 1994",
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"Truman is remembered as much today for his aphorisms as his policies: \"The buck stops here,\" \"If you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen,\" and the like. Such slogans are endearing in a time of plastic politicians who make a career of ducking responsibilities \u2026 \u2014 Ronald Steel , New Republic , 10 Aug. 1992",
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"When decorating, remember the familiar aphorism , \u201cless is more.\u201d",
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"what does the aphorism \u201cHindsight is 20/20\u201d mean",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Still, the two-types-of-runner theory is one of those ideas that brings to mind the statistician George Box\u2019s aphorism : All models are wrong, but some are useful. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 17 Oct. 2020",
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"In a single letter, Walpole might wander from war to weddings to art and anecdote and aphorism . \u2014 Catherine Ostler, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"What a lot of people don't know is that that's only half the aphorism . \u2014 Sarah Vitak, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Variations of that famous aphorism are attributed to California Senator Hiram Johnson at the turn of the 20th century and the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, among others. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"There\u2019s an aphorism in journalism (attributed to Jesse Lynch Williams) that when a dog bites a man, that\u2019s not news. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"His ability to turn a line or two of slapstick aphorism into cut-crystal wisdom is up there with anyone. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"But the aphorism glides over the fact that for most of human history, nature has also been opaque, requiring that humanity stumble upon its inventions entirely by chance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
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"The garden\u2019s rehabilitation may well reflect the aphorism that perfect is the enemy of good. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French aphorisme , from Late Latin aphorismus , from Greek aphorismos definition, aphorism, from aphorizein to define, from apo- + horizein to bound \u2014 more at horizon":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-f\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"adage",
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"apothegm",
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"byword",
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"epigram",
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"maxim",
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"proverb",
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"saw",
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"saying",
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"sententia",
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"word"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-100229",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"aphoristic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a concise statement of a principle":[],
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": a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : adage":[
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"the high-minded aphorism , \"Let us value the quality of life, not the quantity\""
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],
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": an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language":[
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"These are dazzling chapters, packed with perfectly chosen anecdotes and pithy with aphorism .",
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"\u2014 John Keegan"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Confronted by a broadminded, witty, and tolerant cosmopolitan, for whom the infinite varieties of human custom offered a source of inexhaustible fascination, Thucydides presented himself as a humorless nationalist, an intellectual given to political aphorisms and abstract generalizations. \u2014 Peter Green , New York Review of Books , 15 May 2008",
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"It doesn't take long to learn that a lie always unravels and that it always ends up making you feel royally cruddy. \"Do the kind of work during the day that allows you to sleep at night\" was an aphorism my grandfather was fond of. \u2014 Amy Krouse Rosenthal , Newsweek , 6 Mar. 2006",
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"The Sun twice went into journalism legend. Its city editor John Bogart is generally credited with the aphorism \"When a dog bites a man, that's not news. But when a man bites a dog, that's news.\" And the paper delivered America's most treasured editorial in 1897, when a young girl, whose playmates had told her there was no Santa Claus, wrote and asked the Sun to tell her the truth. \u2014 Peter Andrews , American Heritage , October 1994",
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"Truman is remembered as much today for his aphorisms as his policies: \"The buck stops here,\" \"If you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen,\" and the like. Such slogans are endearing in a time of plastic politicians who make a career of ducking responsibilities \u2026 \u2014 Ronald Steel , New Republic , 10 Aug. 1992",
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"When decorating, remember the familiar aphorism , \u201cless is more.\u201d",
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"what does the aphorism \u201cHindsight is 20/20\u201d mean",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Still, the two-types-of-runner theory is one of those ideas that brings to mind the statistician George Box\u2019s aphorism : All models are wrong, but some are useful. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 17 Oct. 2020",
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"In a single letter, Walpole might wander from war to weddings to art and anecdote and aphorism . \u2014 Catherine Ostler, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
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"What a lot of people don't know is that that's only half the aphorism . \u2014 Sarah Vitak, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Variations of that famous aphorism are attributed to California Senator Hiram Johnson at the turn of the 20th century and the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, among others. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
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"There\u2019s an aphorism in journalism (attributed to Jesse Lynch Williams) that when a dog bites a man, that\u2019s not news. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"His ability to turn a line or two of slapstick aphorism into cut-crystal wisdom is up there with anyone. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"But the aphorism glides over the fact that for most of human history, nature has also been opaque, requiring that humanity stumble upon its inventions entirely by chance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
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"The garden\u2019s rehabilitation may well reflect the aphorism that perfect is the enemy of good. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle French aphorisme , from Late Latin aphorismus , from Greek aphorismos definition, aphorism, from aphorizein to define, from apo- + horizein to bound \u2014 more at horizon":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-f\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"adage",
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"apothegm",
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"byword",
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"epigram",
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"maxim",
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"proverb",
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"saw",
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"saying",
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"sententia",
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"word"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075621",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"aphelion":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the point farthest from the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body (such as a planet) \u2014 compare perihelion":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccap-\u02c8h\u0113l-",
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"a-\u02c8f\u0113l-y\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"On Independence Day, the Earth with reach its aphelion \u2014 its furthest point from the Sun \u2014 at 3:10 a.m. in Baltimore. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"That moment, called aphelion , will occur when the distance between the two celestial bodies stretches to more than 94.5 million miles. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"Though perihelion occurs during winter in the Northern Hemisphere and aphelion occurs during summer, Earth's elliptical orbit around the sun does not cause the seasons. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022",
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"On Independence Day, the Earth will reach its aphelion \u2014 its furthest point from the Sun \u2014 at 3:10 a.m. in Baltimore. \u2014 Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Officially, aphelion occurs at 6:27 p.m. EDT on July 5. \u2014 Eric Mack, Forbes , 5 July 2021",
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"Our star is at aphelion on July 5, 2021, the point of the Earth\u2019s slightly elliptical orbit that is farthest away from the Sun. \u2014 Jamie Carter, Forbes , 10 June 2021",
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"The closest of these run-ins occurs when Earth reaches aphelion , or its farthest point from the sun, and when Mars reaches perihelion, its closest point to the sun. \u2014 Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics , 5 Oct. 2020",
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"Apart from Mercury, no other natural object in our solar system is known to have a smaller aphelion \u2014the point at which an orbiting body is farthest from the sun. \u2014 Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Jan. 2020"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from apo- + Greek h\u0113lios sun \u2014 more at solar":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1656, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185616"
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},
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"apheliotropic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": characterized by apheliotropism":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6a\u00a6f\u0113-",
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"\u00a6ap\u00a6h\u0113-",
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"\u00a6af\u00a6h\u0113l\u0113\u0259\u2027\u00a6tr\u00e4pik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"apo- + heliotropic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-185746"
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},
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"Aphelinus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of hymenopterous flies that is the type of the family Aphelinidae and that includes a species ( A. mali ) important in the biological control of the woolly apple aphid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259s",
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"-\u0113n-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek aphel\u0113s smooth (from a- a- entry 2 + -phel\u0113s , from phelleus stony ground) + Latin -inus -ine; probably akin to Latin follis bellows":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-013712"
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},
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"apheliotropism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": negative heliotropism (as in certain roots that turn away from the sun)":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"apo- + heliotropism":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021510"
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},
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"Aphelops":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of fossil rhinoceroses of very robust build and with very short legs found in the Miocene and Pliocene of America":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8af\u0259\u02ccl\u00e4ps"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek aphel\u0113s smooth + \u014dps face; from the absence of a horn":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093551"
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},
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"aphasia":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun or adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection)":[
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"Aphasia , the cruel illness resulting from a stroke, allowed Jean to understand what was said to her but prevented her from clearly replying.",
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"\u2014 Robert Giroux"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Just five episodes into the first season, a virus-causing fever and aphasia breaks out aboard the station, forcing the already anxious and frustrated new crew members to self-isolate in their quarters to slow the rate of infection. \u2014 James Charisma, Ars Technica , 25 May 2020",
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"Last year, Asaro had a stroke and suffers from paralysis on the right side of his body and a brain disorder called aphasia , according to the judge's ruling. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 18 Apr. 2020",
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"Too much cutting could lead to a loss of function, such as aphasia ; too little cutting could leave the patient open to a possibly fatal outcome. \u2014 D. T. Max, The New Yorker , 23 Sep. 2019",
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"Travis, who has aphasia , a condition that limits his ability to speak and give interviews, reveals his painful, monthslong recovery from the stroke in the memoir chronicling his rise to fame in candid detail. \u2014 Kristin M. Hall, Twin Cities , 3 Aug. 2019",
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"Activities director Joelle Campbell says engaging with the music helps patients with dementia, aphasia and other disorders. \u2014 Aj Willingham, CNN , 24 Aug. 2019",
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"The unpredictable and debilitating symptoms mimic a stroke and can include these visual auras as well as sensory auras (numbness and tingling), motor auras (partial temporary paralysis), and aphasia (the inability to comprehend or speak). \u2014 Sunny Fitzgerald, Glamour , 14 Aug. 2019",
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"She was rushed to the E.R. after collapsing at the gym with an excruciating headache and was left with temporary aphasia , or language impairment, after her first surgery. \u2014 Abby Gardner, Glamour , 8 Apr. 2019",
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"Those with aphasia , who\u2019ve lost the ability to speak, sometimes can sing familiar songs, and some can eventually be taught to transition from singing to talking. \u2014 Robert Mccoppin, chicagotribune.com , 11 June 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French aphasie, from a- a- entry 2 + Greek ph\u00e1sis \"utterance, statement\" (from pha-, variant stem of ph\u0113m\u00ed, ph\u00e1nai \"to say, speak\" + -sis -sis ) + French -ie -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at ban entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1864, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-171419"
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},
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"Aphelinidae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of small narrow-winged hymenopterous flies closely related to the chalcid flies and parasitic as larvae on plant lice and scales":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8lin\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Aphelinus , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194650"
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},
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"apheresis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or more blood components (such as plasma, platelets, or white blood cells), and transfusion of the remaining blood back into the donor":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cca-f\u0259-\u02c8r\u0113-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In late February \u2014 about a month after the letter arrived at her former family home in West Linn \u2014 Maestretti went to the hospital for a procedure called apheresis . \u2014 oregonlive , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"In order to maximize donations, most centers use standard apheresis technology that separates the plasma from the blood in real time and then pumps that blood back into the donor. \u2014 Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY , 8 June 2020",
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"Donors can give whole blood \u2014 the plasma is separated out later \u2014 or donate plasma through a process called apheresis collection which separates out the plasma and puts red blood cells back into the donor\u2019s body. \u2014 Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News , 14 Apr. 2020",
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"The plasma donation process takes 30-40 minutes and is the same as with other plasma donations, using an apheresis machine to separate the blood components, according to Versiti. \u2014 Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 8 Apr. 2020",
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"The procedure, called apheresis , is similar to giving blood, except that the blood drawn from the patient is run through a machine to extract the plasma, and the red and white cells are then returned to the donor. \u2014 Denise Grady, New York Times , 26 Mar. 2020",
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"The Connecticut patients, two males with acute myeloid leukemia, each received a platelet unit made from the same apheresis donation, collected in Massachusetts. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 13 June 2019",
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"During the platelet donation procedure, a machine is used to separate the platelets in your blood from the other red blood cells and white blood cells through a process called apheresis . \u2014 NBC News , 14 June 2019",
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"When collecting platelets for a transfusion, a donor's blood is drawn into an apheresis cell separator machine, which extracts platelets and returns the rest of the blood into the donor, according to the American Red Cross. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 13 June 2019"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from -apheresis (as in plasmapheresis )":""
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"first_known_use":{
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"1977, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195248"
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"aphrodisiac":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an agent (such as a food or drug) that arouses or is held to arouse sexual desire":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccaf-r\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-z\u0113-\u02ccak",
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"-\u02c8di-z\u0113-",
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"-\u02c8diz-\u0113-",
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"\u02cca-fr\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-z\u0113-\u02ccak"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Chefs\u2014particularly celebrities like Alim\u2014also have power, which Emezi acknowledges can be an aphrodisiac . \u2014 Zan Romanoff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
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"Rhino horns have been prescribed as an aphrodisiac or a cure for various fevers and convulsions in some Asian countries, despite objections from the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 17 Apr. 2015",
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"Finally, and most pitifully, there\u2019s a myth that eating dog is an aphrodisiac . \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
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"There\u2019s no question that the scams act as a little bit of an aphrodisiac for these two. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 26 May 2022",
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"Another notable ingredient here is maca root, which is an aphrodisiac and has menstrual benefits. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
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"If a restaurant could serve as an aphrodisiac , this is it. \u2014 Ari Bendersky, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"In January 1862, Lewis\u2019 two white roommates accused her of poisoning their wine with Spanish fly, a toxin produced by the blister beetle, often used in those days as an aphrodisiac . \u2014 Jessica Lynne, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
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"Costa Rica\u2019s population of leatherback sea turtles has suffered greatly in recent years from the activities of egg poachers, who rob turtle eggs from nests on the beach to sell as an aphrodisiac . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 29 June 2015"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek aphrodisiakos sexual, gem with aphrodisiac properties, from aphrodisia heterosexual pleasures, from neuter plural of aphrodisios of Aphrodite, from Aphrodit\u0113":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1711, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215027"
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},
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"aphelinid":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an insect of the family Aphelinidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113n-",
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"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8l\u012bn\u0259\u0307d",
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"-in-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Aphelinidae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230438"
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},
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"aphesis":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": aphaeresis consisting of the loss of a short unaccented vowel (as in lone for alone )":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-f\u0259-s\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek, release, from aphienai to let go, from apo- + hienai to send \u2014 more at jet":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1880, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-235226"
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},
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"aphrodisiacal":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an agent (such as a food or drug) that arouses or is held to arouse sexual desire":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccaf-r\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-z\u0113-\u02ccak",
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"-\u02c8di-z\u0113-",
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"-\u02c8diz-\u0113-",
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"\u02cca-fr\u0259-\u02c8d\u0113-z\u0113-\u02ccak"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Chefs\u2014particularly celebrities like Alim\u2014also have power, which Emezi acknowledges can be an aphrodisiac . \u2014 Zan Romanoff, Bon App\u00e9tit , 21 June 2022",
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"Rhino horns have been prescribed as an aphrodisiac or a cure for various fevers and convulsions in some Asian countries, despite objections from the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine. \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 17 Apr. 2015",
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"Finally, and most pitifully, there\u2019s a myth that eating dog is an aphrodisiac . \u2014 Liza Lentini, SPIN , 16 June 2022",
|
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"There\u2019s no question that the scams act as a little bit of an aphrodisiac for these two. \u2014 Ethan Shanfeld, Variety , 26 May 2022",
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"Another notable ingredient here is maca root, which is an aphrodisiac and has menstrual benefits. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 16 May 2022",
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"If a restaurant could serve as an aphrodisiac , this is it. \u2014 Ari Bendersky, Robb Report , 30 Mar. 2022",
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"In January 1862, Lewis\u2019 two white roommates accused her of poisoning their wine with Spanish fly, a toxin produced by the blister beetle, often used in those days as an aphrodisiac . \u2014 Jessica Lynne, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022",
|
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"Costa Rica\u2019s population of leatherback sea turtles has suffered greatly in recent years from the activities of egg poachers, who rob turtle eggs from nests on the beach to sell as an aphrodisiac . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 29 June 2015"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek aphrodisiakos sexual, gem with aphrodisiac properties, from aphrodisia heterosexual pleasures, from neuter plural of aphrodisios of Aphrodite, from Aphrodit\u0113":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1711, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-002620"
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},
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"Aphelenchus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": a genus of rhabditoid nematode worms that is the type of the family Aphelenchidae and that includes several important plant pathogens":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8le\u014bk\u0259s"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek aphel\u0113s simple, literally, smooth + enchos spear; from the absence of basal knobs on the stylet":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-011758"
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},
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"aphaeresis":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": the loss of one or more sounds or letters at the beginning of a word (as in round for around and coon for raccoon )":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259-\u02c8fer-\u0259-s\u0259s"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"borrowed from Late Latin, borrowed from Greek apha\u00edresis \"taking away, removal, dropping of a letter or sound from the beginning of a word,\" from aphaire-, stem of aphair\u00e9\u014d, aphaire\u00een \"to take away\" (from aph-, assimilated variant of apo- apo- + hair\u00e9\u014d, haire\u00een \"to take, grasp,\" of obscure origin) + -sis -sis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1550, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-015301"
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},
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"aphid":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"also \u02c8a-f\u0259d",
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101-f\u0259d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In fact, a healthy aphid and milkweed bug population verifies there are no insecticides on the plant to threaten the monarchs\u2019 well-being. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Left alone, predatory insects help keep the aphid and bug populations at reasonable levels and do not threaten the butterflies or their caterpillars. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Dinner was talk of his job and Melinda and the aphid . \u2014 Morgan Thomas, The Atlantic , 16 May 2021",
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"Insecticidal soaps can also give good aphid control. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Sep. 2020",
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"The reason: Those that remain will continue to give live birth to an already pregnant aphid every 20 minutes! \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Sep. 2020",
|
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"The ecologists also inoculated some of the pots with herbivorous invertebrates like beetles, moths, and aphids , while sparing others. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Popular Science , 28 May 2020",
|
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"If not, the aphids are easily controlled with a spray application to the foliage later in the summer. \u2014 Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com , 28 May 2020",
|
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"For example, aphids on the new growth of various plants can be easily killed with any of the mild organic sprays or soapy water mixtures. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 11 May 2020"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021819"
|
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},
|
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"aphicide":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a substance used to kill aphids":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"aphi d + -cide":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1885, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025527"
|
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},
|
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"Aphelenchidae":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of soil-dwelling and plant-parasitic nematodes (superfamily Rhabditoidea) sometimes regarded as constituting a distinct superfamily nearly related to Tylenchoidea \u2014 see aphelenchoides":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8le\u014bk\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Aphelenchus , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061346"
|
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},
|
|
"aphan-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": invisible : obscure":[
|
|
"aphan ite",
|
|
"Aphano myces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French aphan- , from Greek aphan\u0113s , from a- a- entry 2 + -phan\u0113s (from phainesthai to appear)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-065129"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aphrodite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the Greek goddess of love and beauty \u2014 compare venus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-fr\u0259-\u02c8d\u012b-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek Aphrodit\u0113":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-073445"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aphelandra":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of tropical American plants (family Acanthaceae) having quadrangular spikes of red 2-lipped flowers":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8landr\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek aphel\u0113s simple, literally, smooth + New Latin -andra ; from the one-celled anthers":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-092823"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphrite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a foliated or chalky variety of calcite that is pearly in luster":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a\u02ccfr\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German aphrit , from aphr- foam + German -it -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-110924"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphr-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": foam":[
|
|
"aphr ite",
|
|
"aphro meter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German aphr- , from Greek aphr-, aphro- , from aphros ; perhaps akin to Latin imber rain":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-115133"
|
|
},
|
|
"apharyngent":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": lacking a pharynx":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6\u0101f\u0259\u00a6rinj\u0259nt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"a- entry 2 + pharyng- + -ent":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121745"
|
|
},
|
|
"aph-":{
|
|
"type":[],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"\u2014 see apo-":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133019"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphrolite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": aa":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8afr\u014d\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"alteration of earlier aphrolith , from aphr- + -lith":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-162044"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphid lion":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of several insect larvae (such as a lacewing or ladybug larva) that feed on aphids":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-172735"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aphanapteryx":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus consisting of two extinct species ( Aphanapteryx bonasia and Aphanapteryx leguati ) of large, long-billed, flightless rails formerly inhabiting the Mascarene Islands":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8napt\u0259(\u02cc)riks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from aphan- + Apteryx":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-182622"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphototropic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": turning away from the source of light":[
|
|
"aphototropic roots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0101\u00a6f-",
|
|
"\u00a6\u0101\u02ccf\u014dt\u0259\u00a6tr\u00e4pik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"a- entry 2 + phototropic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-185531"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphicidal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": toxic to or used for killing aphids":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6\u0101f\u0259\u00a6s\u012bd\u1d4al also \u00a6af-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"aphi d + -cidal":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-190735"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphototaxis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": absence of phototaxis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6\u0101\u02ccf\u014dt\u0259\u02c8taks\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from a- entry 2 + phototaxis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-202206"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphotic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being the deep zone of an ocean or lake receiving too little light to permit photosynthesis":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8f\u014d-tik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1894, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-223942"
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},
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"apheta":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the ruler or giver of life in a nativity":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8af\u0259t\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek aphet\u0113s heavenly body determining the vital quadrant, from aphienai to send forth, from apo- + hienai to send (to spout)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031435"
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},
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"aphasic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of, relating to, or affected by aphasia : involving or exhibiting loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words":[
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"aphasic patients",
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"aphasic speech"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u0259-\u02c8f\u0101-zik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from French aphasique, from aphasie aphasia + -ique -ic entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1866, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-033125"
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},
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"aphidivorous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": aphidophagous":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6\u0101f\u0259\u00a6div\u0259r\u0259s also \u00a6af-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"aphid + -i- + -vorous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034914"
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},
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"aphetohyoidean":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": placoderm":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u0113\u0259n"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Aphetohyoidea + English -an":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-044516"
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},
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"aphosphorotic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": characterized or accompanied by aphosphorosis":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"a- entry 2 + phosphor- + -otic":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-073952"
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},
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"aphorize":{
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"type":[
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"verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to write or speak in or as if in aphorisms":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8a-f\u0259-\u02ccr\u012bz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1669, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100420"
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},
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"Aphelenchoides":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large cosmopolitan genus of nematodes (family Aphelenchidae ) including free-living forms, insect parasites, and a number of serious plant pathogens that attack the leaves and buds of various cultivated plants":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02ccle\u014b\u02c8k\u022fi(\u02cc)d\u0113z"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Aphelenchus + -oides":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110430"
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},
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"aphetize":{
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"type":[
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"transitive verb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": to shorten by aphesis":[
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"esquire was aphetized to squire",
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"the aphetized form down , from adown"
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],
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": produce by aphesis":[
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"esquire was aphetized to squire",
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"the aphetized form down , from adown"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8af\u0259\u02cct\u012bz"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"aphet ic + -ize":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111630"
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},
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"aphis lion":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of several insect larvae (such as a lacewing or ladybug larva) that feed on aphids":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-115414"
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},
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"aphidophagous":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
|
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": feeding on aphids":[
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"aphidophagous syrphus fly larvae"
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]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6\u0101f\u0259\u00a6d\u00e4f\u0259g\u0259s also \u00a6af-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"aphid + -o- + -phagous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-120608"
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},
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"Aphididae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a large family of Homoptera comprising small soft-bodied plant lice that are usually somewhat pear-shaped with wings if present held vertically over the back when at rest, well-developed antennae, and a pair of prominent wax-secreting cornicles on the posterior part of the abdomen from which the covering of white waxy filaments typical of many species is produced and that have a complex life cycle in which resistant fertilized eggs produced in the fall hatch out parthenogenetic females in the spring that give birth to repeated generations of winged or wingless parthenogenetic females on the same or other kinds of host plants, finally producing a generation of winged males and winged or wingless females that mate and produce the fertilized eggs":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259\u02c8fid\u0259\u02ccd\u0113",
|
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"\u0101\u02c8-",
|
|
"a\u02c8-"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Aphid-, Aphis , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-134107"
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},
|
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"aphidophilous":{
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to certain ants that nurture aphids in return for the honeydew they obtain from them":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u00a6d\u00e4f\u0259l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"aphid + -o- + -philous":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-152007"
|
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},
|
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"aphorismos":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": temporary excommunication":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u00e4f\u0259r\u0113z\u02c8m\u022fs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Greek (influenced in meaning by aphorizein to excommunicate, from Greek, to cast out), from Greek, definition, short, pithy sentence":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-161004"
|
|
},
|
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"aphidologist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one specializing in the study of aphids":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8d\u00e4l\u0259j\u0259\u0307st"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"aphid + -ologist (as in biologist )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162800"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aphidoidea":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a superfamily of Homoptera comprising the aphids and now usually divided into a number of families (such as Aphididae , Eriosomatidae, and Phylloxeridae)":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cc\u0101f\u0259\u02c8d\u022fid\u0113\u0259 also \u02ccaf-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Aphid-, Aphis + -oidea":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-162958"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphrodite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the Greek goddess of love and beauty \u2014 compare venus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-fr\u0259-\u02c8d\u012b-t\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek Aphrodit\u0113":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1565, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-165639"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphorismic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": aphoristic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6af\u0259\u00a6rizmik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-210620"
|
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},
|
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"aphorisms":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a concise statement of a principle":[],
|
|
": a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : adage":[
|
|
"the high-minded aphorism , \"Let us value the quality of life, not the quantity\""
|
|
],
|
|
": an ingeniously terse style of expression : aphoristic language":[
|
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"These are dazzling chapters, packed with perfectly chosen anecdotes and pithy with aphorism .",
|
|
"\u2014 John Keegan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8a-f\u0259-\u02ccri-z\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adage",
|
|
"apothegm",
|
|
"byword",
|
|
"epigram",
|
|
"maxim",
|
|
"proverb",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"sententia",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"Confronted by a broadminded, witty, and tolerant cosmopolitan, for whom the infinite varieties of human custom offered a source of inexhaustible fascination, Thucydides presented himself as a humorless nationalist, an intellectual given to political aphorisms and abstract generalizations. \u2014 Peter Green , New York Review of Books , 15 May 2008",
|
|
"It doesn't take long to learn that a lie always unravels and that it always ends up making you feel royally cruddy. \"Do the kind of work during the day that allows you to sleep at night\" was an aphorism my grandfather was fond of. \u2014 Amy Krouse Rosenthal , Newsweek , 6 Mar. 2006",
|
|
"The Sun twice went into journalism legend. Its city editor John Bogart is generally credited with the aphorism \"When a dog bites a man, that's not news. But when a man bites a dog, that's news.\" And the paper delivered America's most treasured editorial in 1897, when a young girl, whose playmates had told her there was no Santa Claus, wrote and asked the Sun to tell her the truth. \u2014 Peter Andrews , American Heritage , October 1994",
|
|
"Truman is remembered as much today for his aphorisms as his policies: \"The buck stops here,\" \"If you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen,\" and the like. Such slogans are endearing in a time of plastic politicians who make a career of ducking responsibilities \u2026 \u2014 Ronald Steel , New Republic , 10 Aug. 1992",
|
|
"When decorating, remember the familiar aphorism , \u201cless is more.\u201d",
|
|
"what does the aphorism \u201cHindsight is 20/20\u201d mean?",
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Still, the two-types-of-runner theory is one of those ideas that brings to mind the statistician George Box\u2019s aphorism : All models are wrong, but some are useful. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 17 Oct. 2020",
|
|
"In a single letter, Walpole might wander from war to weddings to art and anecdote and aphorism . \u2014 Catherine Ostler, WSJ , 15 Apr. 2022",
|
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"What a lot of people don't know is that that's only half the aphorism . \u2014 Sarah Vitak, Scientific American , 15 Mar. 2022",
|
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"Variations of that famous aphorism are attributed to California Senator Hiram Johnson at the turn of the 20th century and the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus, among others. \u2014 Michael Posner, Forbes , 14 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"There\u2019s an aphorism in journalism (attributed to Jesse Lynch Williams) that when a dog bites a man, that\u2019s not news. \u2014 Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle , 8 Mar. 2022",
|
|
"His ability to turn a line or two of slapstick aphorism into cut-crystal wisdom is up there with anyone. \u2014 Corey Seymour, Rolling Stone , 16 Feb. 2022",
|
|
"But the aphorism glides over the fact that for most of human history, nature has also been opaque, requiring that humanity stumble upon its inventions entirely by chance. \u2014 New York Times , 24 Nov. 2021",
|
|
"The garden\u2019s rehabilitation may well reflect the aphorism that perfect is the enemy of good. \u2014 Washington Post , 7 July 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle French aphorisme , from Late Latin aphorismus , from Greek aphorismos definition, aphorism, from aphorizein to define, from apo- + horizein to bound \u2014 more at horizon":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
|
|
},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002151"
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},
|
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"aphantasia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the inability to form mental images of real or imaginary people, places, or things":[
|
|
"Derek has a condition called aphantasia , which means he is unable to voluntarily produce mental imagery.",
|
|
"\u2014 Brooke McAfee"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cca-\u02ccfan-\u02c8t\u0101-zh(\u0113-)\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"a- entry 2 + Greek phantas\u00eda \"appearance to the consciousness, imagination\" \u2014 more at fancy entry 2":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"2015, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002719"
|
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},
|
|
"aphidozer":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a device consisting of a hopper and revolving brushes used to brush off and collect aphids from cultivated crops":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"blend of aphid and hopperdozer":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045326"
|
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},
|
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"aphorismatic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
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": aphoristic":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6af\u0259\u02ccriz\u00a6matik"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053859"
|
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},
|
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"aphrosiderite":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a mineral consisting of a hydrous silicate of the chlorite group":[]
|
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccafr\u014d\u02c8sid\u0259\u02ccr\u012bt"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German aphrosiderit , from aphr- + siderit siderite":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-065900"
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},
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"aphonia":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": loss of voice and of all but whispered speech":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)\u0101-\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259",
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"(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8f\u014d-n\u0113-\u0259"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin aph\u014dnia, borrowed from Greek aph\u014dn\u00eda \"speechlessness, mispronunciation,\" from \u00e1ph\u014dnos \"voiceless, mute\" (from a- a- entry 2 + -ph\u014dnos, adjective derivative of ph\u014dn\u1e17 \"voice, speech\") + -ia -ia entry 1 \u2014 more at phono-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1654, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093753"
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},
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"aphodus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a short canal in rhagon sponges leading from a flagellated chamber to an excurrent canal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8af\u0259d\u0259s"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek aphodos going away, from apo- + hodos way":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-095707"
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},
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"Aphthartodocetae":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a 6th century Monophysitic sect that taught that from the moment of the union with the divine nature the body of Christ was incorruptible \u2014 compare phthartolatrae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-s\u0113(\u02cc)t\u0113",
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"ap\u02ccth-",
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"af\u02ccth\u00e4rt\u014dd\u014d\u02c8s\u0113te"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, plural, from Late Greek aphthartodok\u0113tai , plural of aphthartodok\u0113t\u0113s , from Greek aphthartos incorruptible (from a- a- entry 2 + phthartos destructible, from phtheirein to corrupt, defile) + -dok\u0113t\u0113s (from dokein to think)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121523"
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},
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"Aphthartodocetism":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the doctrines of the Aphthartodocetae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-s\u0113t\u02cciz\u0259m",
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"-\u0113\u02cctiz-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124518"
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},
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"aphis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8\u0101-f\u0259s",
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"also \u02c8a-f\u0259s"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from New Latin Aphid-, stem of Aphis, genus name, of obscure origin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1763, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-135357"
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},
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"Aphthartodocetist":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a member of the Aphthartodocetae":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"-s\u0113t\u0259\u0307st"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140228"
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},
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"Aphodius":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a large genus of small somewhat elongated dung beetles commonly placed in the family Scarabaeidae \u2014 see pasture cockchafer":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u0259\u02c8f\u014dd\u0113\u0259s"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from Greek aphodos excrement, from apo- + hodos way, road":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-144055"
|
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},
|
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"aphanozygous":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": cryptozygous":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u00a6af\u0259n\u014d\u00a6z\u012bg\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"aphan- + -zygous":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151228"
|
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},
|
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"aphids":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants":[]
|
|
},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8\u0101-f\u0259d",
|
|
"also \u02c8a-f\u0259d"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In fact, a healthy aphid and milkweed bug population verifies there are no insecticides on the plant to threaten the monarchs\u2019 well-being. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Left alone, predatory insects help keep the aphid and bug populations at reasonable levels and do not threaten the butterflies or their caterpillars. \u2014 Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News , 17 Sep. 2021",
|
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"Dinner was talk of his job and Melinda and the aphid . \u2014 Morgan Thomas, The Atlantic , 16 May 2021",
|
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"Insecticidal soaps can also give good aphid control. \u2014 Tom Maccubbin, orlandosentinel.com , 26 Sep. 2020",
|
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"The reason: Those that remain will continue to give live birth to an already pregnant aphid every 20 minutes! \u2014 oregonlive , 20 Sep. 2020",
|
|
"The ecologists also inoculated some of the pots with herbivorous invertebrates like beetles, moths, and aphids , while sparing others. \u2014 Ula Chrobak, Popular Science , 28 May 2020",
|
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"If not, the aphids are easily controlled with a spray application to the foliage later in the summer. \u2014 Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com , 28 May 2020",
|
|
"For example, aphids on the new growth of various plants can be easily killed with any of the mild organic sprays or soapy water mixtures. \u2014 Howard Garrett, Dallas News , 11 May 2020"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1827, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152656"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphthitalite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral (K, Na) 3 Na(SO 4 ) 2 consisting of potassium sodium sulfate occurring massive or in white rhombohedral crystals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"af\u02c8thit\u1d4al\u02cc\u012bt",
|
|
"ap\u02c8th-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek aphthitos indestructible (from a- a- entry 2 + \u2014assumed\u2014 phthitos , verbal of phthiein to waste away) + hal-, hals salt + English -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105557"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphlebia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": one of the imperfect pinnae found in certain fossil ferns of the Carboniferous age":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)\u0101\u02c8fl\u0113b\u0113\u0259",
|
|
"-leb-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek aphlebos without veins, from a- a- entry 2 + phleb-, phleps vein":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171000"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphydrotropic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": turning away from or shunning moisture":[
|
|
"an aphydrotropic plant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6a\u02ccf\u012b-",
|
|
"\u00a6ap\u02cch\u012b-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"apo- + hydrotropic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-171725"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphyllous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": destitute of foliage leaves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)\u0101\u00a6fil\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek aphyllos , from a- a- entry 2 + phyllon leaf":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-193740"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphodal":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to an aphodus : having aphodi":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8af\u0259d\u1d4al"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin aphodus + English -al":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-194713"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphodi":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a short canal in rhagon sponges leading from a flagellated chamber to an excurrent canal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8af\u0259d\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek aphodos going away, from apo- + hodos way":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202810"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphanophyre":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a porphyry with aphanitic groundmass":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u0259\u02c8fan\u0259\u02ccf\u012b(\u0259)r",
|
|
"a\u02c8-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"aphan- + -phyre":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-203011"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphyric":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": not porphyritic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-f\u012br-",
|
|
"(\u02c8)\u0101\u00a6firik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary a- entry 2 + -phyric ; originally formed as German aphyrisch":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210830"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphanitic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dark rock of such close texture that its separate grains are invisible to the naked eye":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8af\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt",
|
|
"usually -t + V"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from aphan- + -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-215231"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphanisia":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": early normal development of a vestigial organ followed by regression \u2014 compare rudimentation":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccaf\u0259\u02c8nizh(\u0113)\u0259",
|
|
"-n\u0113zh-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek aphanisis disappearance + New Latin -ia":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220025"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphytal zone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"(\u02c8)\u0101\u00a6fit\u1d4al-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"a- + Greek phyton plant + English -al":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221104"
|
|
},
|
|
"aphanite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a dark rock of such close texture that its separate grains are invisible to the naked eye":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8af\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt",
|
|
"usually -t + V"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French, from aphan- + -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-222448"
|
|
},
|
|
"Aphanomyces":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of fungi (order Saprolegniales) characterized by slender zoosporangia with but one row of zoospores and occurring as parasites in algae and roots of higher plants":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccaf\u0259n\u014d\u02c8m\u012b\u02ccs\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from aphan- + -myces":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-010558"
|
|
}
|
|
} |